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Herb or weed?
My herb bed is looking AWFUL. Its been overrun with weeds and since its been raining so much in Ohio I havent had a chance to garden. Anyway, does anybody know what this is? It had blue/ purplish flowers on it. I think its a weed, but didnt want to take it out without being sure.
I planted cumin, lavender, oregano, and sage.

I planted cumin, lavender, oregano, and sage.

R&R 1011-
Posts : 293
Join date : 2013-02-22
Age : 40
Location : London, OH -Zone 5B/ 6A
Re: Herb or weed?
That looks like a type of wandering jew.
http://www.iloveturf.com/library/articles/little-blue-flowering-wandering-jew-look-growing-your-st-augustine-turf-grass-lawn-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commelina_cyanea
http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=1367&fr=1&sts=&%20ang=en&ver=print&prtflag=false
= weed
http://www.iloveturf.com/library/articles/little-blue-flowering-wandering-jew-look-growing-your-st-augustine-turf-grass-lawn-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commelina_cyanea
http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=1367&fr=1&sts=&%20ang=en&ver=print&prtflag=false
= weed
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Herb or weed?
Thank you so much!!! Ughhh, I wonder if this monster weed didnt come with my bagged compost as it wasnt in or around the bed before. Great, looks like its hard to get rid of. Yay!
R&R 1011-
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Location : London, OH -Zone 5B/ 6A
Re: Herb or weed?
Wandering Jew also makes a beautiful trailing houseplant. Pot up some and hang it in a corner!
GG
GG
Goosegirl-
Posts : 3435
Join date : 2011-02-16
Age : 58
Location : Zone 4A - NE SD
Re: Herb or weed?
Wandering Jew takes me back a few years [decades] ! Everyone made macrame ropes for the hanging pots!
Re: Herb or weed?
Had one!
GG

GG
Goosegirl-
Posts : 3435
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Age : 58
Location : Zone 4A - NE SD
Re: Herb or weed?
Don't go looking for the once ubiquitous macrame hangers these days. For reasons known only to the Cosmos, I decided I wanted to put plants in macrame hangers this spring and found that I needed a time machine.
You can find instructions and a limited supply of materials on eBay. No instruction books at all at Michael's or Joann's Fabrics and hardly anything in the library! If someone has an old stash they want to freecycle, I'll pay for shipping.
Maria

You can find instructions and a limited supply of materials on eBay. No instruction books at all at Michael's or Joann's Fabrics and hardly anything in the library! If someone has an old stash they want to freecycle, I'll pay for shipping.
Maria
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Age : 66
Location : Timonium, MD
Re: Herb or weed?
WriterCPA wrote:Don't go looking for the once ubiquitous macrame hangers these days. For reasons known only to the Cosmos, I decided I wanted to put plants in macrame hangers this spring and found that I needed a time machine.
You can find instructions and a limited supply of materials on eBay. No instruction books at all at Michael's or Joann's Fabrics and hardly anything in the library! If someone has an old stash they want to freecycle, I'll pay for shipping.
Maria
Maria - It may take me some time to find the instructions, but I do have a few booklets (from the '70's) that I would be willing to send you. PM your address to me and I will gladly send them to you.
GG
Goosegirl-
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Location : Zone 4A - NE SD
Re: Herb or weed?
http://www.free-macrame-patterns.com/basic-plant-hanger.html
I made one in my earlier days but the cord was too scratchy to make any more. Found this and several more web sites for making plant hangers. Larks head knot for the ring, square knots for the rest. I never got fancy! I think I used a piece of Styrofoam ??? or was it the carpet floor ???
to which I secured the ring.
Peace
I made one in my earlier days but the cord was too scratchy to make any more. Found this and several more web sites for making plant hangers. Larks head knot for the ring, square knots for the rest. I never got fancy! I think I used a piece of Styrofoam ??? or was it the carpet floor ???



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